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Class of 1883 — Amherst College 
Reunion, 1898 






Class of Eighty-Three 
amherst college 



The Record of Fifteen Years 
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Press of The F. A. Bassette Company 

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Introductory 



ON five occasions the members of '83 have gathered 
to renew the recollections of college days. Each 
recurring reunion testifies to a growing comradeship. 
This book tells of the work which the class is doing in 
many lines of activity. 

May its perusal quicken the interest in each other's 
experiences, and lead us to prize more than ever the 
college which has been the source of these achievements I 

William Orr, Jr. 
February 1899. 



Class Record 



.EVERETT ANDERSON ABORN. 

He taught from 1883 to 1885. He has practiced 
law in Chicago for the past eleven years. He holds the 
degree of M. A. (in course) from Amherst, and LL. B. 
from Lake Forest University (1887) . He is unmarried. 

Address : 1 2 1 2 Washington Boulevard, Chicago, 111. 

CHARLES SULLIVAN ADAMS. 

After a year in business, he studied law from 1884 to 
1887. Since 1887, he has practiced law in Jacksonville. 
He is prominent in the social and public life of that city. 
He has held the following positions : 

1894-95, Vice-President, State Bank of Florida. 

1897, Vice-President, Seminole Club. 

1897-98, President, Jacksonville Lyceum. 

He is senior member of the law firm of Adams & 
L'Engle, and notary public and standing master in 
chancerv for the United States Circuit Court, Southern 
District of Florida. His wife, Claudia Cornelia, died 
February 11, 1895. He was married February 17, 1898 
to Ella Belle MacDonell, daughter of Col. and Mrs. 
T. A. MacDonell of Jacksonville, Fla. 

Address: 12 Law Exchange, Jacksonville, Fla. 



6 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

JOHN ROGERS AYER. 

He was engaged in farming until 1S91. Since 1891 
he has followed the calling of a civil engineer, and is 
now employed in surveying a tract of about 1,000 acres 
in the southern part of Yonkers. He was married Sep- 
tember 33, 1885, to Caroline Hall Rankin. 

Address : 137 Hawthorne Avenue, Yonkers, N. Y. 

CLINTON J. BACKUS. 

He taught until 1897, when he became President of 
the Alaska Commercial Co. In May, 1898, he started 
for Alaska in the interests of this company, and is ex- 
pected back in St. Paul by March, 1899. He holds the 
degree of M. A. (in course) from Amherst. He was 
married June 6, 1886, to Carrie T. Plaskins of Spokane 
Falls, Wash., and has four children : 

Clinton J., Jr., born September 22, 1887; 

David PIiram, born March 7, 1893; 

RoMAYNE, born March 5, 1895 ; 

Una, born January 22, 1897. 

Address: 1936 Rondo Street, Merriam Park, St. 
Paul, Minn. 

EDWARD ERASTUS BANCROFT. 

He graduated from Harvard Medical College in 
1886 with the degree of M. D. Since April, 1887, he 
has practiced in Wellesley, Mass. He was married 
August 6, 1890, to Josephine A. Given, Bowdoinham, 
Me. He has three children : 

Margaret, born July 20, 1891 ; 

Richard, born December 26, 1892; 



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John, born October 12, 1897. 
Address : Wellesley, Mass. 

DARWIN L. BARDWELL. 

He has taught since graduation. April i, 1898, he 
was appointed a conductor of Teachers' Institutes under 
the Department of Public Instruction, New York State. 
He was married December 28, 1885 to Alice M. Babb, 
of Champaign, 111. He has two children ; 

Harold E., born December 12, 1886; 

Darwin Eugene, born June 8, 1896. 

Address : Cortland, N. Y. 

WALLACE CLARKE BOYDEN. 

He has taught since graduation. In December, 
1889, he became sub-master in the Boston Normal 
School, where he is now master. He is a member of 
the school committee of Newtonville, president of the 
Young Men's Congregational Club of Boston and vicin- 
ity, and president of the Bridgewater Normal Associa- 
tion. Publications: A First Book in Algebra. vSilver, 
Burdett & Co., Boston, Mass. Monograph on the 
Teaching of Arithmetic. Kasson & Palmer, Boston, 
Mass. He was married July 8, 1885, to Mabel Rossiter 
Wetherbee of Marshfiekl Hills, Mass. He has two 
children : 

Robert Wetherbee, born March y, 1889; 

Alice Gordon, born July 18, 1892. 

Address: 221 Walnut Street, Newtonville, Mass. 



8 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

HOWARD ALLEN BRIDGMAN. 

He taught for a year and then studied theology. 
Since July i, 1887, he has been on the editorial staff of 
The Cong7'egationalist. In January, 1891, he was 
made managing editor. In the summer of 1894 he 
studied at the Oxford, Eng., Summer School of The- 
ology. He is deacon in the Leyden Church, Brookline, 
Mass. In addition to editorial articles he has written 
the chapter on " Congregationalists in Literature," in 
Albert E. Dunning's work on "Congregationalists in 
America," J. A. Hill & Co., New York City. He was 
married July 27, 189S, to Helen North, daughter of 
Rev. and Mr. Robert A. Bryant, of Witherbee, N. Y. 
His residence is in Brookline. 

Address : The Congregationalists Boston, Mass. 

CHARLES HENRY BUTLER. 

He taught for a year after graduation and then 
studied theology. He graduated from Union Theologi- 
cal Seminary in May, 1887. Since May, 1893, he has 
been pastor of the Keller Memorial Lutheran Church 
of Washington, D. C, which he organized. He is 
unmarried. 

Address: 1107 nth Street, N. W., Washington, 
D. C. 

EDWIN HALLOCK BYINGTON. 

He was for one year General Secretary of the 
Armory Hill Young Men's Christian Association, 
Springfield, Mass. He studied theology at Hartford 
and at Auburn Seminary, N. Y. He graduated from 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. Q 

the latter school in May, 1S87. Until 1891, Byington 
worked in Springfield. In the summer of 1891, he 
became assistant to Rev. Dr. R. S. Storrs of the Church 
of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, N. Y. He has charge of 
Pilgrim Chapel, a mission of the church. Publications : 
Out Door Preaching. Student Publishing Co., Hartford, 
Conn. Chart of Jewish National History. John D. 
Watters & Co., New York and Philadelphia. Turkey 
and Turkish Problems, 16 pp. W. L. Greene & Co., 
Boston, Mass. He was married September 3, 189 1, 
to Sophia Weston Janes of Springfield, Mass. He has 
had two children : 

Theodore Linn, born July 27, 1892; died July 
30, 1892; 

Ruth, born May 4, 1897. 

Address. 210 Harrison Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

EDWARD A. CAHOON. 

Since November, 1884, he has been in business in 
New Mexico. He became cashier of the Bank of Ros- 
well, in July, 1890, where he still remains. He is 
Regent of the New Mexico Military Institute, and a 
member of the Board of Education of Roswell, New 
Mexico. He has been mayor of Roswell. He was 
married April 26, 1894, to Mabel, daughter of Mark 
and Huldah Howell of Merced, Cal. He has two 
children : 

Katharine, born January 23, 1895 ; 

Louise, born September 7, 1897. 

Address : Roswell, New Mexico. 



lO RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

JOHN ANDREW CALLAHAN. 

Since 1884 he has been principal of the Nonotuck 
Street Grammar School, Holyoke, Mass. This is one 
of the largest schools in the city. He is unmarried. 

Address: 131 Lincoln Street, Holyoke, Mass. 

ISRAEL FOLSOM CHESLEY. 

He was in the woolen business at Pittsfield, Mass., 
until 1894, when he moved to Winchester, Mass., and 
opened an office at 29 High Street, Boston, Mass., 
under the firm name of Chesley & Co., Wool and Noils. 
He was married October 31, 1S83, to Bertha Madalene 
Russell of Pittsfield, Mass. He has had four children : 

Solomon Russell, born March 29, 1885. (The 
Class Boy ;) 

Israel Folsom, Jr., born November 28, 1887; 
died May 10, 1S91 ; 

Franklin Russell, born December i, 1889; 

Malcolm, born May 20, 1S91. 

Address: 11 VV^inthrop Street, Winchester, Mass. 

WILLIAM CLAFLIN. 

Three years after graduation, he became a partner 
with his uncle, Isaac Claflin, in the real estate business 
in Chicago, He still follows this calling. The firm is 
now William Claflin & Co. Since 1893, he has spent 
a year in study at the Kent College of Law. He is a 
justice of the peace. He was married October 14, 1886 
to Grace Thurston of Lombard, 111. He has two chil- 
dren : 



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Stephen Thurston, born July 23, 1S93; 
Edward Cahoon, born November 2, 1S97. 
Address: 154 Lake Street, Chicago, 111., or Lom- 
bard, III. 

WALTER CLAYTON CLAPP. 

He studied medicine for a year and then taught for 
the same time. He graduated from the General Theo- 
logical Seminary, Protestant Episcopal, New York City, 
in 1888. He was connected with churches in Baltimore 
until 1892, when he became professor of Exegesis at 
Nashotah Theological Seminary, Nashotah, Wis. In 
1894-95, ^^^ studied theology at the college of St. 
Thomas Aquinas, Washington, D. C. He was curate 
of St. Clement's Church, Philadelphia, from 1896-98. 
In September, 1898, he became rector of St. John's 
Church, Toledo. He has written articles for church 
periodicals and holds the degree of B. D. from Nashotah 
Seminary. He is unmarried. 

Address: 19 nth Street, Toledo, Ohio. 

IRVING EDWARD COMINS. 

Since graduation he has been in the woolen business 
at Rochdale, Mass., where he is in charge of the mills 
of Comins & Co., and treasurer of the J. D. Clark Co. 
He is prominent in public affairs in Worcester, Mass. 
In 1893 and 1S94, he was a member of the common 
council ; in the latter year he was president of that body. 
He is now on a commission to investigate grade cross- 
ings. He was married June S, 1887, to Etta Rosella 
Leonard of Worcester, Mass., and has had two children : 



12 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

Edward Irving, born March 12, 1SS9 ; 
Leonard Clark, born July iS, 1S95 ; died Janu- 
ary 12, 1896. 

Address : 68 Wellington Street, Worcester, Mass. 

THOMAS LAMB COMSTOCK. 

He has retained his interest in the Turner's Falls 
Lumber Co., and the New England Fibre Co. Since 
1887 he has been treasurer and director of the first of 
these companies and president of the latter, He was 
married September 16, 1S91, to Eliza Perkins Grinnell 
Ripley of Greenfield, Mass. Mrs. Comstock and an 
infant son died June 17, 1S97. 

Address : Greenfield. ]Mass. 

FRANK ETHERIDGE COTTOX. 

Since 1892, he has been with the Russell Counter 
Co. of Woburn, Mass., and he is now confidential clerk 
and correspondent of that firm. He was married No- 
vember 12, 1S89 to Annie C. Putney of Stoneham, Mass. 
He has two children : 

Edith Frances, born October 12, 1S90; 

Rachel Etheridge, born April 23, 1S94. 

Address : 10^ Pleasant Street, Woburn, Mass. 

AVERY FAYETTE CUSHMAN. 

He graduated from the law school of Boston L^ni- 
versity in 1885,. with the degree of LL. B. and entered 
the employ of the law firm of Goodrich, Deady & Good- 
rich, New York City, where he still remains. In April, 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. I ■:> 

1S93, he moved from East Orange, N. J., to Brooklyn, 
N. Y. He was married June 14, 1888, to Mar}^ Ade- 
laide Hedden of East Orange, N. J. He has had two 
children : 

Dorothy, born January 18, 1890; died January 
19, 1890; 

Caroline, born January 17, 1893. 

Address : 59 Wall Street, New York City. 

CHRISTAKES APOSTOLOS DEREBEY. 

He graduated from Andover Theological Seminary 
in 1886, and was in the ministry until 1893. He then 
began the study of medicine in the Northwestern Uni- 
versity, Chicago, 111. He holds the degree of M. D. 
from this institution. He has lived in Chicago for the 
past five years. He was married October 3, 1888, to 
Nellie Frances Pease of Cornish, Me. He has three 
children : 

Harold Pericles, born July 5, 1889; 

Franklin Pease, born February 19, 1892 ; 

Chester Howard, born October 19, 1897. 

Address: 2735 Irving Avenue, Irving Park, 111. 
Irving Park is a suburb of Chicago. 

ALMON JESSE DYER. 

He graduated from the Hartford Theological Semi- 
nary in May, 1886. He was pastor of the Congrega- 
tional Church at Upton, Mass., until 1892, when he 
became pastor of the First Congregational Church at 
North Brookfield, Mass., where he remained until June, 
1896. He was acting pastor of East Church. Ware. 



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RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 



Mass., from February to September, 1897. Since then 
he has been pastor of the Congregational Church at 
Sharon, Mass. He was married May 25, 1886 to Lizzie 
Jane Lovell of Cummington, Mass. He has one child : 

Ruth Elizabeth, born March 10, 1889. 

Address: Sharon, Mass. 

HENRY FAIRBANK. 

He graduated from the Yale Divinity School in 
May, 1886, and then assumed charge of the Wadale 
Station in the Mahratta (India) Mission of the Ameri- 
can Board. His first term of service v^as from August, 
1886 to April, 1893. He spent a year's leave of absence 
in the United States, and returned to India August 29, 
1894. The illness of Mrs. Fairbank compelled him to 
give up his work in India for a time. He has lived in 
Colorado Springs, Col., since the fall of 1898. In 
January, 1899, he writes that Mrs. Fairbank is improv- 
ing rapidly. He was married September 16, 1886, to 
Ruby Elizabeth Harding of Sholapur, India, and has 
three children : 

Samuel Ballantine, born December 7, 1887 ; 

Allan Melvin, born September 27, 1889; 

Ruth Elizabeth, born February 29, 1892. 

Address : 2106 N. Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, 
Col. 

WALTER TAYLOR FIELD. 

Since graduation he has been in the publishing 
business. Since April i, 1890, he has been with Ginn & 
Co., Chicago, 111., and is now manager of their Chicago 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 



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office. He was married December 6, 1893, to Sarah 
Lounsberry Peck of Chicago, III. He has two children : 

Walter Donald, born August S, 1895 ; 

Ruth, born July 14, 1898. 

Address : 378-388 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 111. 

FRANK HERBERT FITTS. 

He has been in business since graduation. Since 
1888 he has been engaged in the wholesale grain busi- 
ness in Boston. He is active in church work, and is a 
deacon of the Brighton Congregational Church. He 
was married June 21, 1888 to Mary Gleason Collins of 
Brighton District, Boston, Mass. He has one child : 
Adela Frances, born November 36, 189^ 
Address : 80 Oakland Street, Brighton District, 
Boston, Mass. Fitts & Tarbell, 705 Chamber of Com- 
merce, Boston, Mass. 

GEORGE BYRON FOSTER. 

He has been engaged in business in Boston since 
graduation. Since 1893, he has been in the employ of 
the Massachusetts National Bank of Boston, Mass. He 
was married November 5, 1896, to Margaret V., daugh- 
ter of Lyman D. and Cordelia Loring Brooks of Boston, 
Mass. 

Address : 53 State Street, Boston, Mass. 

EDWIN FOWLER. 

In 1884, he entered the office of the Central Loan 
and Land Co., of Emporia, Kansas. The firm name is 
now Central Loan Debenture Co. Since 1896, he has 



l6 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

been the receiver of this company, which is now located 
in Kansas City, Kansas. He was married September 8, 
1886, to Jennie Brodie of Gouvernem-, N. Y., and has 
three children : 

Margaret, born July 28, 1888; 

Helen, born July 20, 1890; 

Katherine, born October 8, 1897. 

Address : 360 Waverley Avenue, Kansas City, Kan. 

ENOCH WINFIELD FRENCH. 

From 1883 to 1891 he was in the service of the 
United States Signal Corps. He has held public offices 
as Superintendent of Pul)lic Schools, and Probate Judge 
of Yorapai County, Arizona. He was married Septem- 
ber 15, 1887, to Adalina M. Moore of Prescott, Arizona, 
and has two children : 

Olive Louise, born May 31, 1888; 

George Marshall, born November 22, 1889. 

Address : Cortes Street, Prescott, Arizona. (From 
class book of 1893.) No answers to letters of this re- 
union. 

JONATHAN GREENLEAF. 

He graduated from Union Theological Seminary of 
New York City in May, 1886. June 15, 1893, he re- 
signed his pastorate at Hawley, Pa., to become pastor 
of the Presbyterian Church at Whitestone, N. Y. Since 
May I, 1896, he has been pastor of the Presbyterian 
Church at Princeton, N. Y. He holds the degree of M. 
A. (in course) from Amherst. He was married July 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. \h 

6, 1S87, to Laurette May Button of Milford, N. H., and 
has three children : 

Jonathan Parsons, born May 2, 1S8S ; 

Anna Elizabeth, born September 5, 1894; 

Charles Scott, born November 5, 1897. 

Address: Princeton, Schenectady Co., N. Y. 

MARTIN LUTHER GRIFFIN. 

He has followed the calling of analytical and con- 
sulting chemist since graduation. From 1885 until 1893 
he was with the Hudson River Water Power and 
Paper Co. of Mechanicsville, N. Y. He is now chem- 
ist for the Duncan Co. of Mechanicsville, N. Y., for 
the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co., of Philadel- 
phia, Penn., and the Fort Orange Paper Co. of Castle- 
ton, N. Y. Publication: "The Evolution of the Sul- 
phite Digester." He holds the degree of M. A. (in 
course) from Amherst. He was married March 30, 
1894, ^^ Ada Juliette, daughter of Susan I. Riggs of 
Albany, N. Y. 

Address : Mechanicsville, N. Y. 

EDWARD A. GUERNSEY. 

He taught for four years after graduation and was 
then, for three years, in charge of the western office 
(St. Paul, Minnesota) of the Bridge Teachers' Agency. 
From 1890 to 1896 he was connected with the whole- 
sale music house of W. J. Dyer and Bro. of St. Paul 
and Minneapolis. Since April, 1896, he has been 
advertising manager for the Ivers & Pond Piano Co. of 



l8 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

Boston, Mass. He was married November lo, 1888, to 
Helen C. Shipman of Philadelphia, Pa. 

Address: 4 AUston Heights, Boston, Mass. 

SAMUEL WORTHINGTON HALLETT. 

He has taught since graduation. He was Superin- 
tendent of Schools at Barnstable, Mass., from 1891 to 
1896. For the year 1896-7 he was Principal of the New 
Bedford Business University. Since September, 1897, 
he has been Principal of the High School and Superin- 
tendent of Schools at Ware, Mass. He was married 
June 39, 1S98 to Bertha Lovell, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Maurice G. Crocker of Osterville, Mass. 

Address: Ware, Mass. 

WALTER L. HALLETT. 

He 2-raduated from the Harvard Medical School in 
1886 with the degree of M. D. He practiced medicine 
at Mansfield, Mass., from 1886 to 1893, when he moved 
to Brockton, Mass., where he still remains. He w^as 
married September 34, 1891, to Kate S. Williams of 
Easton, Mass. Mrs. Hallett died August 3, 189 v 

Address : 6 Main Street, Brockton, Mass. 

CHARLES WOODMAN HAMILTON. 

He has been in business since graduation. From 
January, i, 1884, to November, 1898, he was connected 
w^ith the Milwaukee Harvester Co., of Milwaukee, Wis. 
From 1893 to 1898, he was secretary and treasurer of 
this company. He is now proprietor of the Milwaukee 
Lace Paper Co. He was married September 6, 1888, 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. IQ 

to Elizabeth Frazier Noyes of Milwaukee, Wis. He has 
two children : 

Raymond Noyes, born September i, 1889; 

Kenneth Charles, born April 17, 1S93. 

Address: 3100 Grand Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. 

FREDERICK WILLIAM HAMLIN. 

He taught until the spring of 1885. He graduated 
from the New York Homeopathic Hospital in 1888 with 
the degree of M. D. Since then he has practiced in 
New" York City. He is assistant professor of Obstetrics 
in the New York Homeopathic College and Hospital. 
He was married November 9, 1893, to Gertrude, daugh- 
ter of Mrs. E. T. Sherman, of New York City. 

Address : 35 West 51st Street, New York City. 

DAVID PHILLIPS HATCH. 

After graduation from the Hartford Theological 
Seminary in May, 1886, he was pastor of the Congre- 
gational Church, Rockland, Me., until September 30, 
1891. He was then pastor of the Auburn Street Con- 
gregational Church of Paterson, N. J., until May i, 
1895. He entered on his duties as Secretary of the 
Maine Missionary Society, November i, 1895. In this 
work he still remains. Mrs. Caroline (Patton) Hatch 
died January 19, 1893. Hatch was married January 9, 
1895, to Cora Euretta, daughter of Mrs. Martha P. 
Johnson of William stown, Mass. He has had one 
child : 



20 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

Helen Winslow, born December 1 1 , 1 895 ; died 
December 13, 1897. 

Address : Portland, Me. 

FOSTER STRONG HAVEN. 

He graduated from the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons in New York City, in May, 1886, with the 
degree of M. D. He was engaged in hospital and dis- 
pensary work until March, 1887, when he opened an 
office at 143 West 6ist Street. He is unmarried. 

Address : 143 West 6ist Street, New York City. 

(Class Book of 1893.) 

WILLIE PERKINS HOLCOMBE. 

He graduated from the law school of Boston Uni- 
versity, with the degree of LL. B. in June, 1886, and 
has since then practiced in Boston. He was married 
October 10, 1895, to Harriet L., daughter of George B. 
and Lucretia W. Hilliard of Boston, Mass. He has one 
child : 

Louise Brooks, born September 9, 1896. 

Address: 27 State Street, Boston, Mass. 

FRED ROGERS HOLT. 

He graduated from the Baptist Seminary in Roch- 
ester, N. Y., in May, 1886. He was pastor of the 
Baptist Church at Yates, Orleans County, N, Y., until 
September i, 1889. He engaged in Young Men's 
Christian Association work at Wellsville, N. Y., from 
October, 1890, until April 25, 1893, May i, 1893 he 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 31 

became a clerk in the firm of Sibley, Lindsay & Curr 

Co., Rochester, N. Y. Holt was married August 5, 

1886, to Fannie Elizabeth Heath of Rochester, N. Y. 

Address : 43 Hayward Avenue, Rochester, N. Y. 

GEORGE ELLSWORTH HOOKER. 

He studied and practiced law in New York City 
until the fall of 1887, when he began the study of 
theology. He graduated from Yale Divinity School in 
May, 1890. For three years he was engaged in religious 
work in the State of Washington. The winter of 1893- 
94 he spent at the South End ( Andover) House, Boston, 
Mass. From April 1894 to February 1895 he was in 
Europe. Since December, 1895, he has been associated 
in the work of Hull House, Chicago. From January i, 
1898 to July I, 1898, he was Secretary of the Special 
Street Railway committee of city council and has pre- 
pared a report of that committee. He holds the degree 
of LL. B., (188'^) from Columbia Law School. Publi- 
cations : Too Many Weak and Rival Churches in East- 
ern Washington ; Hull House Recreation Guide ; Syl- 
labus for Reading Circles on Municipal Topics. He is 
unmarried. 

Address : Hull House, 335 South Halsted Street, 
Chicago, 111. 

HEZEKIAH SEYMOUR HOUGHTON. 

He studied medicine until the fall of 1889, in New 
York and abroad. Since then he has practiced in New 
York City. He holds the degree of M. A. (in course) 
from Amherst. Houghton is a member of the New 



22 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

York Academy of Medicine, of the County Medical 
Society and Association of New York and is physician 
of the Mutual Aid Association of New York. He was 
married January 5, 1888, to Sarah Preston of Irvington, 
N. Y., and has three children. 

Florence Preston, born June 28, 1889; 

Helene Seymour, born June 8, 1891 ; 

Henry Seymour, born January 3, 1896. 

Address : 301 West 88th Street, New York City. 

DAVID BRAINARD HOWLAND. 

He has been engaged in newspaper work since 
graduation. He was on the editorial staff of the Spring- 
field Refublicaii from February 18, 1887 until 1895, 
when he became editor of the Worcester Eveniiig Ga- 
zette and treasurer of the Gazette Co. He has done a 
valuable service to the city by his improvements in the 
quality of this p^iper and by the strong influence for 
good government exercised by the journal. He is a 
vice-president of general alumni association of Amherst 
College and an ofiicer of the Worcester association. 

Address : Evening Gazette, Worcester, Mass. 

ALVAH LINCOLN HYDE. 

He followed the lumber business at Southbridge, 
Mass., until January i, 1892 when he began the study 
of law. Since then he has practiced that profession 
and engaged in probate business and the management of 
real estate. He was married May 12, 1885 to Lulu L. 
Whitford of Southbridge, Mass. Mrs. Hyde died May 
19, 1895. Me was married, August 11, 1897 to Sadie 



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S., daughter of Stewart and Sarah Cairns of South- 
bridge, Mass. He has one child : 

Elizabeth Lincoln, born May, 17, 1886. 

Address : Southbridge, Mass. 

FREDERICK KENDALL. 

He has been in business since graduation. In the 
spring of 1887, he organized the Fort Scott Lumber 
Co., Fort Scott, Kansas, and conducted this business 
until May 11, 1S94. He then returned to Eau Claire, 
Wisconsin. He is book keeper in the Dells Paper and 
Pulp Co. He was married September 10, 1890 to 
Asenath Candy of St. Louis, Mo., and has one child; 

Rachel Hubbard, born January 15, 1892. 

Addres : Dells Paper & Pulp Co., Eau Claire, Wis. 

JOSEPH RAMSDELL KINGMAN. 

He was admitted to the bar, April 17, 1885, and 
has practiced law for thirteen years. He is a member 
of the firm of Woods, Kingman & Wallace. He is 
chairman of the Committee in charge of the twentieth 
year 1883 class reunion. Kingman was married Octo- 
ber 21, 1 89 1 to Mabel Stanley Selden of Minneapolis, 
Minn., and has one child : 

Elizabeth Ramsdell, born September 34, 1892. 

Address : 909 N. Y. Life Building, Minneapolis, 
Minn. 

P^RANKLIN HENRY KNIGHT. 

He studied law and political economy until June 
1889. He was connected with the law firms of Sackett 



34 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

& Bennett, Coudert Bros., Logan Clark & Demond and 
Hoadley Lauterbach & Johnson of New York City from 
1889 to 1897. Jnne I, 1897 he removed to Hartford, 
Conn. He holds the degree of A. B., (1889) from 
Amherst. He is unmarried. 
Address : Hartford, Conn. 

WILBERT B. LEW. 

After graduation he studied Veterinary medicine at 
Battle Creek, Mich. In — 1889 he opened an office for 
the practice of Veterinary Medicine at Florence, Mass. 
He was married August 19, 1882 to Hattie Burghardt, 
Amherst, Mass. 

Address : Amherst, Mass (residence ;) or Florence, 
Mass., (office). (From class book of 1893). 

THEODORE GRAHAM LEWIS. 

He studied, and practiced law until 1891. As the re- 
sult of a serious attack of pneumonia, he was compelled 
to move from New York to Denver, in September, 1891 . 
He remained in Denver until February i , 1897 and during 
that time practiced law and did some editorial work for 
a Denver daily. Since February, 1897, Lewis has been 
in Chicago and is connected with the contract depart- 
ment of the Chicago Edison Co. He is unmarried. 

Address: Chicago Edison Company, 139 Adams 
St., Chicago, 111. 

JOHN WATKINS LOW. 

He has been in law business and editorial work. 
He had charge of the exhibit of the Rider Engine Co., 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 25 

No. 37 Dey street, New York, at the World's Fair in 
1S93. He was married December 20, 1889, to Eliza- 
beth Rose McChesney Scott of Middletown, N. Y. 

Address ; 34 West 9th Street, New York City. 
(From Class Book of 1893). 

COREY FULLER McFARLAND. 

He has followed business since graduation. In July, 
1887, he became secretary of the Wing Flour Co., of 
Charleston, 111., and remained thereuntil August, 1895, 
when he moved to Keokuk, Iowa, to assume a part- 
nership in the firm of the Rees-McFarland Paper Co. 
McFarland was married November 4, 1887, to Mamie 
D. Fizer of Memphis, Tenn. He has one child : 

Malcolm Fizer, born May 5, 1890. 

Address: 21 and 23 South Fifth Street, Keokuk, 
Iowa. 

JOHN HART MANNING. 

He has taught since graduation. In February, 1888, 
he became principal of the High School at Groton, 
Mass., where he still remains. He was married Septem- 
ber 2, 1886, to Mary Frances Woodbridge, Andover, 
Mass., and has one child : 

Mervyn Mason, born June 21, 1888. 

Address: Groton, Mass. 

FRANK BALLARD MARSH. 

He has devoted his attention to business since grad- 
uation. In 1893, he became secretary of the firm of 
Lazell, Dalley & Co., perfumers. New York City. 



26 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

Since July i, 1896, he has been Secretary and Treasurer 
of the Theodore Ricksecker Co., 22 Reade Street, 
New York City. He was married October 3, 1888, 
to Marion Bolton of Brooklyn, N. Y., and has two 
children : 

Edward Henry, born November 3, 1S89; 

Marion Penelope, born December 20, 1894. 

Address : 326 Clermont Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

CALVIN HENRY MORSE. 

He was in business for two years after graduation. 
Since 1886, he has been proprietor and manager of 
hotels in Colorado at Denver, Aspen and Leadville. He 
was married November, 14, 1889, to Adelaide Sanderson, 
of Athens-on-Hudson, New York and has two children : 

Josephine Olive, born September 3, 1890; 

Carl Gantley, born September 10, 1892. 

Address: Vendome Hotel, Leadville, Colorado. 

(From Class Book of 1893.) 

HENRY CLARK NASH, Jr. 

From September, 1884, until March, 1887, he 
studied law in Amherst, and after his admission to the 
bar, opened an office in Amherst. May i, 1895, he 
formed a partnership with Stephen S. Taft, under the 
firm name of Taft & Nash. He holds the degree of M. 
A. (in course) from Amherst. He was married Octo- 
ber I, 1888, to Grace Lillian Owen of Amherst, Mass., 
and has had four children : 

Henry Clark, 3d, born April 7, 1889; 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 



27 



Raymond Owen, born April 7, 1S90; died April 
7, 1892; 

WiLLARD Owen, born August 4, 1892 ; 
Clifford Roberts, born August 23, 1S97. 
Address : Amherst, Mass. 

WILLIAM KELLOGG NASH. 

He has continued since graduation to conduct the 
Mount Pleasant Institute at Amherst, Mass. His duties 
are, mainly, the preparation of boys for college and 
scientific schools. He holds the degree of M. A. (in 
course) from Amherst. He is unmarried. 

Address : Amherst, Mass. 

HORATIO BANNISTER NEWELL. 

He graduated from the Chicago Theological Semi- 
nary in the Spring of 1887, and at once entered on 
missionary work in Japan. He did a year of post grad- 
uate work at Chicago Theological Seminary in 1896-7. 
He was at the Amherst commencement in 1897- Publi- 
cations : The Petroleum Industry of Nagaoka. Vol. 
XXIII ; Transactions of Asiatic Society of Japan. 
Tokio, 1895. He was married July 3, 1S89, to Jennie 
Cozad of Cleveland, Ohio. He has four children : 

Florence Cozad, born November 7, 1890; 

Justus Wellington, born August 31, 1893 ; 

Harriet, born December 4, 1894; 

Horatio Whitman, born February 5, 1898. 

Address : Niigata, Japan. 



28 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

CLARENCE LINCOLN NICHOLS. 

He graduated from the Hahnemann Medical Col- 
lege at Philadelphia, in 18S5. After practicing for a 
short time in Walla-Walla, Washington, he removed to 
Portland, Oregon, where he still resides. He was mar- 
ried June 33, 1898, to Mary Roseburg, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. J. G. Banks of Pittsburg, Penn. 

Address : 608 Dekum Block, Portland, Ore. 

ALEXANDER DANA NOYES. 

He has devoted his attention since graduation to 
journalism. Since June, 1891, he has been a member 
of the editorial staff of the New 7'ork Evening Post^ a. 
position which he still holds. He has made a special 
study of finance and is a correspondent of the Boston 
Com?nercial Bulletin^ New York Financial Chroni- 
cle^ and the LondoJt Journal of Finance. He has 
written articles for Harper's Weekly.^ Touth's Com- 
panion Sind Christian Union (now The Outlook^. He 
was candidate for Congress in 1896, on the National 
Democratic Ticket for the 8th District of New Jersey. 
He holds the degree of M. A. (in course) from Am- 
herst. He is unmarried. Publications : Thirty Years 
of American Finance. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1898. 
Free Coinage Catechism, published by New York Even- 
ing Postal 1896. 

Address ; Evening Post^ New York. 

WILLIAM ORR, Jr. 

He has taught since graduation. In the fall of 
1888, he was elected in charge of the department of 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 



39 



science in the high school, Springfield, Mass. In 1S94, 
he was appointed Vice-Principal of the school, while he 
still has charge of the science work. Since 1895 he 
has been curator of the Museum of Natural History in 
Springfield. He holds the degree of M. A. (in course) 
from Amherst. He has written an article "The Public 
School, Library, Museum," published hy \}i\t. New Eng- 
land Magazine^ 1896. He was married August 7, 
1889, to Charlotte Evelyn Pettis of Springfield, Mass., 
and has had three children : 

Alan Gardner, born July 15, 1890; 

Helen Theresa, born June 8, 1895 ; 

Philip Gardner, born March 13, 1897; died No- 
vember 4, 1897. 

Address : 30 Firglade Avenue, Springfield, Mass. 

WILLIAM BARRY OWEN. 

He graduated in June, 1886, from the law school 
of Boston University. Since January i, 1887, he has 
practiced in Boston. He was married, February 33, 
1887, to May M. Robinson of Vineyard Haven, Mass., 
and has one child : 

Paul, born October 27, 1891. 

Address: 530 Harrison Avenue, Boston, Mass. 
(From Class Book of 1893.) 

EDWARD SMITH PARSONS. 

In September, 1884, he entered Yale College, 
where he graduated in May, 1887. July 8, 1888, he 
became pastor of the First Congregational Church of 
Greelev, Colorado. He remained in this position for 



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RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 



four years, and resigned in July, 1892, to accept the 
Professorship in English in Colorado College, Colorado 
Springs, Col. He still remains in this institution, where 
he is now in charge of the Department of English, and 
Vice-President. He has published : Literature for chil- 
dren. The James and Mundy Co., Denver, Col. He 
holds the degree of M. A. (in course) from Amherst. 
By reason of the pressure of his official duties. Parsons 
resigned his office of Secretary and Treasurer of the 
class, at the Decennial Reunion, much to the regret of 
all. He was married December 4, 1889, to Mary Au- 
gusta IngersoU of Cleveland, Ohio, and has had five 
children : 

Esther, born October 39, 1890; 

Charles Edwards, born February 29, 1893 ; 

Elizabeth Ingersoll, born September 8, 1894; 

Josephine, born May 23, 1S97 ; died February 16, 
1899. 

Edw^ard Smith, Jr., born July 13, 1898. 

Address : 1328 Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs, 
Colo. 

CORNELIUS HOWARD PATTON. 

He graduated from the Yale Divinity School in 
May, 1886. In February, 1887, he became pastor of 
the Congregational Church at Westfield, N. J. He re- 
mained in this position until January, 1895, when he 
was chosen pastor of the Pilgrim Church of Duluth, 
Minn. This summer, he resigned from this charge to 
accept the call of the First Congregational Church of 
St. Louis, Mo., the oldest cliurch in that city. He began 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 3 1 

work in this new field, September i8, 1898. He has 
published several sermons and a memorial volume, 
*' Honor Thy Father." He was married June ^^ 1889, 
to Pauline Whittlesey of Washington, D. C, and has 
two children : 

Augusta, born July 17, 1893; 

Catharine, born February 3, 1898. 

Address : 3707 Westminster Place, St. Louis, Mo. 

WILLIAM LOCKWOOD PEET. 

For the first two years after graduation he engaged 
in business and mining. In January, 1886, he started 
a paper, " 7^/ie Contractor^'''' of which he was editor 
and part owner. The name of this paper has been 
changed and is now '- The Pacljic Lumberman^ Con- 
tractor and Electrician.''' Its office is in San Fran- 
cisco, Cal. 

Address : Care Pacific Ltunberman^ Contractor 
and Electricia?i^ 10 California Street, San Francisco, 
Cal. (From Class Book of 1893.) 

BENJAMIN W. PENNOCK. 

He graduated from Andover Theological Seminary, 
May, 1886. He became pastor of the Congregational 
Church at Troy, N. H., in 1893, and remained until 
April, 1894. Since then he has been assistant librarian 
in New Bedford, Mass. He was married September i, 
1886, to Minnie H. Smith of Amherst, Mass., and has 
two children : 

Grace Lavinia, born December 25, 1890; 

Helen L., born June 14, 1887. 

Address: 102 Arnold St., New Bedford, Mass. 



^2 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

CHARLES HENRY PRATT. 

He was occupied in the cattle business in Texas 
from 1S83 to December, 1894. In 1895 and 1896 he, 
was employed in civil engineering work in Massachu- 
setts. He is now in Colorado and is interested in 
mining machinery. Pratt was married November 17, 
1897, to Hannah, daughter of Charles and Hannah 
(Smyth) Jessemine of Buffalo, N. Y. 

Address: 1225 Evans Street, Denver, Colo. 

ALEXANDER RAE. 

He graduated from Long Island Medical College in 
June, 1885, with the degree of M. D. He is now Visit- 
ing Surgeon in the Hospital and Lecturer in Surgery at 
the Medical College of Long Island. He has also out- 
side practice. He is surgeon for the New York and 
Brooklyn Bridge Co. He is unmarried. 

Address : 107 Henry Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

HENRY THOMAS RAINEY. 

In the summer of 1885, he graduated from the 
Union College of Law, Chicago, 111. He has, since 
then, resided and practiced in Carrollton, 111. He holds 
the degree of M. A. (in course) from Amherst. He 
was married June 27, 1888, to Ella McBride of Howard, 
Neb. 

Address : Carrollton, 111. (From Class Book of 

1893-) 

BENJAMIN RUSH RHEES. 

He graduated from the Hartford Theological Semi- 
nary in May, 1888. From 1889 to 1892, he was pastor 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 



33 



of Middle Street Baptist Church, Portsmouth, N. H., 
and resigned to become Associate Professor of New 
Testament Interpretation in the Newton Theological 
Institution, Newton Center, Mass. Since 1894, he has 
been Professor in this department. He holds the degree 
of M. A. from Amherst, June, 1897, for thesis sub- 
mitted. Rhees has published a pamphlet : Saul's Ex- 
perience as a Factor in his Theology. University of 
Chicago Press. 

Address: 112 Institution Avenue, Newton Center, 
Mass. 

CHARLES EDWARD ROUNDS. 

In September, 1884, became stenographer for the 
Northern Pacific Elevator Co., at Fargo, Dakota, and in 
1 886 removed with the office of the company to Minne- 
apolis, Minn. He remained with this company until 
August, 1894, when he became stenographer to the St. 
Anthony and Dakota Elevator Co. Rounds was married 
May 9, 1888 to Celia Laren Ellsworth of Minneapolis, 
Minn., and has three children : 

Louise Ellsworth born February 20, 1889; 

Charles Knapp, born May 20, 1890; 

Julia Margaret, born April 4, 1893. 

Address : 122 Flour Exchange, Minneapolis, Minn. 

ARTHUR PRENTICE RUGG. 

He graduated from Boston University Law School 
in June, 1886. Since the fall of 1886, he has practiced 
law in Worcester, Mass. He has taken a prominent part 



34 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

in public affairs. He was Assistant District Attorney, 
May, 1893 to August, 1894, and from April, 1895, to 
August, 1897. In 1894 he was member of the Common 
Council, and in 1895 President of that body. Since 
July, 1897, Rugg has been City Solicitor. He was 
married April 10, 1889, to Florence May Belcher, of 
Worcester, and has had three children : 

Charles Belcher, born January 30. 1890; 

Arthur Prentice, Jr., born August 22, 1893; 

Esther Cynthia, born September 5, 1896. 

Address : Rooms 811 and 813, State Mutual Build- 
ing, Worcester, Mass. 

GEORGE RUGG. 

He has devoted himself to teaching since gradu- 
ation. He became, in 1891, principal of the Grafton 
High School, Grafton, Mass. He is Trustee of the 
Public Library i<t Grafton. He was married July 20, 
1887, to Grace Agnes Rogers, of Brockton, Mass., and 
has two children : 

Gertrude Rogers,, born September 18, 1888; 

Charles Parks, born July 13, 1891. 

Address : Grafton, Mass. 

EDWARD EMERSON SABEN. 

The year after graduation was spent in the Boston 
Custom House. The next year he was in St. Albans, 
Vt. Since January, 1885, he has been in business in 
Boston; until 1894 in the office of the Denison Manu- 
facturing Co., and from that date till the present in the 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 31^ 

management of an insurance agency. He is unmarried. 
Address: 33 Kilby Street, Boston, Mass. 

OLIVER CHEEVER SEMPLE. 

In 188^, he entered the Law School of Columbia 
College, where he remained for one year. In 1886 he 
entered the office of M. B. Koon, in Minneapolis, 
Minn., and later became his law partner. In May, 1889, 
he withdrew from the partnership and since then has 
practiced on his own account in Minneapolis and New 
York City. 

Address 156 Broadway, New York. 

HENRY AUSTIN SIMONDS. 

He has taught since graduation. Since 1890, he 
has been superintendent of the schools of Stevens Point, 
Wisconsin, and principal of the High vSchool. He holds 
the degree of M.A. (in course) from Amherst. He was 
married June 18, 1884, to Elizabeth Goodnough, of 
Green Bay, Wisconsin, and has five children : 

Albert Goodnough, born May 16, 1885; 

William Adams, born September 19, 1887; 

Alice Frances, born December 4, 1889; 

Elizabeth Sarah, born November 24, 1893; 

Esther, born March 33, 1895. 

Address : 934 Clark Street, Stevens Point, Wis- 
consin. 

HENRY AUGUSTUS SMITH. 

He worked in engraving for a year after gradu- 
ation, at Shelburne Falls, Mass. In July, 1884, he re- 



^6 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

moved to New York, where he became a designer with 
Francis Lathrop. He was abroad from May, 1895, to 
May, 1896. He is now a designer for interior deco- 
ration and architecture. He is unmarried. 

Address : 1 1 Waverley Place, New York city. 

ISAAC FINNEY SMITH. 

He has taught since graduation. He was for two 
years at Poughkeepsie, and then for a year at Fort 
Bowie, Arizona. He has been since that time engaged 
in tutoring in or near New York City. He is unmarried. 

Address : Provincetown, Mass. 

OSGOOD SMITH. 

In 1889, he graduated from the Harvard Law School. 
He also holds the degree of M. A. (in course) from 
Amherst. He has practiced law in New York City 
for nine years. He is now at 59 Wall Street. He was 
candidate for Alderman, New York City, in 1897, on 
the Gold Democratic ticket. He is a member of several 
New York clubs. He was appointed Second Lieu- 
tenant, Co. L., in the 12th Regiment, New York 
Infantry, May 2, 189S, and promoted to First Lieu- 
tenant of Co. H., in same regiment, May 24, 1898. At 
the time of the class reunion, he was on duty at 
Chickamauga Park. 

Address : 59 Wall Street, New York City. 

WILLIAM BRADFORD SPROUT. 

He was admitted to the bar, early in 1885, and 
practiced in Worcester until 1890. Since then he has 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 'ih 

resided in Boston, and has been attorney for the West 
End Street Railway Company of Boston. When the 
West End Street Railway Company was leased to the 
Boston Elevated Railway Company, he withdrew from 
this position. He is now practicing law in Boston, 
and has formed a partnership under the name of Sprout 
& Hurd. He resides in Natick. He was married in 
May, 18S5, to Nellie L. Fisk, of Sterling, Illinois, and 
has had one child : 

Ethelwyn C, born January 30, 1889; ^^^^ Feb- 
ruary 22, 1895. 

Mrs. Sprout died July 17, 1892. 

Address : 30 Court Street, Boston. 

FRED WILLIAM STICKNEY. 

He was in the shoe business, at Groveland, from the 
fall of 1883 to the spring of 1884. He then went to 
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, where the business was moved. 
He remained here until June i, 1891, when he returned 
to Groveland, Mass. He is now a clerk in the Exchange 
Building, Boston, Mass. He is unmarried. 

Address : Room 945 Exchange Building, 53 State 
Street, Boston, Mass. 

WILLIAM Z. STUART. 

He has resided in Neenah, Wis., since 1883, and 
has been with J. A. Kimberly & Co. He is also 
connected with several allied companies for which he 
is salesman. He is general assistant to the president, 
J. A. Kimberley. He was married December 25, 
1889, to Helen Cheney Kimberley of Neenah, Wis. 



^8 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

He has had two children. His first child was born 
January i, 1893, and died the same day. 

KiMBERLEY Stuart, bom May 19, 1895. 

Address : Neenah, Wis. 

GEORGE MASON TROWBRIDGE. 

He graduated from the Union College of Law, 
Chicago, 111., in 1885, with the degree of LL. B. He 
practiced law in Chicago, until 1893. A letter sent to 
his address in Chicago, was forwarded from there to 
Los Angeles, Cal., but was returned unopened. 

Address : 94 Washington Street, Chicago, 111. 
(From Class Book of 1893.) 

CHARLES AUGUSTUS TUTTLE. 

He has taught since graduation. In 1893, he was 
appointed professor in Political Economy and Interna- 
tional Law at Wabash University, Crawfordsville, Ind. 
He has published *' The Wealth Concept, a Study in 
Economic Theory." He holds the degree of M. A. 
from Amherst, and Ph. D. from Heidelberg. He was 
married January 6, 1891, to Affa Sophia Miner, of 
Ware, Mass., and has one child : 

Miner Worthington, born March 31, 1893. 

Address: Crawfordsville, Indiana. (From Class 
Book of 1893.) 

GEORGE ALBERT TUTTLE. 

From October i, 1884, until May 13, 1886, he was 
in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York 
City. He was, for two years, surgeon at Roosevelt Hos- 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 39 

pitai, New York City. From i8S8 to 1892, he was 
instructor in the New York Polyclinic School for Grad- 
uates. He has been assistant pathologist in Presbyterian 
Hospital since 1890. He also practices medicine in 
New York City. He holds the degree of M. D. from 
the College of Physicians and Surgeons. 

Address : 236 West 44th Street, New York City. 
(From Class Book of 1893.) 

WILLISTON WALKER. 

He graduated from Hartford Theological Seminary 
in the spring of 1886. In 1891, he became Waldo pro- 
fessor of Germanic and Western Church history in the 
Hartford Theological Seminary. He was given the 
degree of D. D. by Amherst College in 1895, and holds 
a like honor from Adelbert College of Western Reserve 
University since 1896. He was chosen a trustee of Am- 
herst College in 1896. He holds the degree of Ph. 
D. from Leipzig (1888.) Publications: "'Heads of 
Agreement ' and Union of Congregationalists and Pres- 
byterians, based on them in London, 1691." " The In- 
fluence of the Mathers in the Religious Development of 
New England." These papers were published by the 
American Society of Church History. "Creeds and 
Platform of Congregationalism." pp. viii, 604. Charles 
Scribner's Sons, N. Y., 1893. " A History of the Con- 
gregational Churches in the United States." pp. xiii, 
451 . Christian Literature Co., 1894. "The Validity of 
Congregational Ordination." pp. 37. Hartford, 1898. 
He was married June i, 1886, to Alice Mather of Am- 
herst, Mass., and has one child : 



40 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YP:ARS. 

AuRELiA, born August 9, 1894. 

Address : 46 Prospect Street, Hartford, Conn. 

CLARENCE E. WARD. 

No replies have been received from him. As far 
as know^n he has resided at Riverton, Conn., since 
graduation. 

Address: Riverton, Conn. (From Class Book of 

1893.) 

FRANK DALE WARREN. 

He has been in the paper business since graduation. 
Since May, 1887, he has been with W. C. Clarke in 
New York City. He resided from 1887-90, in Brook- 
lyn, and then removed to Fanwood, N. J. He was 
married June 19, 1889, to Louise Taft of Uxbridge, 
Mass. He has one child : 

Frank Dale, Jr. born July 9, 1897. 

Address : 280 Broadway, New York City. 

CHARLES HENRY WASHBURN. 

He studied at Andover, for four months, in the fall 
of 1883. He was pastor of First Congregational Church 
of Falmouth, Mass., from October, 1890, until 1898, 
when he accepted a call to Berkeley Temple, Boston, as 
Associate Pastor. This position he still holds. While 
at Falmouth, he was President of the Board of Trade, 
and also Trustee of the Public Library. He is now 
Chairman of Executive Committee of Berkeley Club, 
Boston, Mass. He was married April 22, 1886, to 
Louise Wentworth Chaffin, and has five children : 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 41 

Ruth Emery, born March 25, 1887 ; 
Almy Dwight, born November i, 1888 : 
Ralph Seelye, born August 3=^, 1890; 
Lawrence Gould, born February 33, 1893 ; 
Walter Bailey Chaffin, born April, 1897. 
Address : Berkeley Temple, Boston, Mass. 

ELBRIDGE JOHN WHITAKER. 

He taught in Wrentham, Mass. until December 36, 
1893, when he resigned to take up the study of law. 
He was admitted to the bar, July 3, 1894, and since that 
time has practiced in Boston. He was representative 
in the Massachusetts Legislature in 1895, and again in 
1898. He has been town solicitor of Wrentham for 
the last three years. He is unmarried. 

Address : Wrentham, Mass. 

Office : 37 Tremont Row, Boston, Mass. 

CHARLES TRISTRAM CHASE WHITCOMB. 

He has taught since graduation. From 1888 to 
1895, he was principal of the High School at Wakefield, 
Mass. In September, 1895, he was appointed Head 
Master of the English High School, of Somerville, Mass. 
He organized this school, which has now about six 
hundred and twenty-five pupils and a corps of twenty- 
three teachers. He holds the degree of M. A. (in 
course) from Amherst. He was married July 10, 1889, 
to Charlotte Chaponile Waterman, of New York city, 
and has two children : 

Rachel Gray, born June 3, 1891 ; 



42 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

John Leonard, born 1894. 

Address: 12 Highland Avenue, Somerville, Mass. 
Office : English High School, Room 20. 

CHARLES TERRILL WHITTLESEY. 

He graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1887. 
December i, 1891, he became pastor of the First Con- 
gregational Church of Pendleton, Oregon. He w^as at 
Blaine, Washington, as pastor of Congregational and 
Presbyterian churches from October, 1894, to June, 
1896. He was County Missionary at Walla Walla, 
Washington, from September, 1896, to September, 1897. 
Since 1897 he has been pastor of Weston and Fairview 
Churches, Weston, Oregon. He vv^as married May 27, 
1890, to Penelope R. Skinner, of Rockford, Illinois, 
and has three children: 

LuDELLA Miriam, born April 24, 1891 ; 

Ralph Edw^ard, born June 6, 1895 ; 

Roland Deming, born March 18, 1898. 

Address : Spring Brook, Oregon. 



Supplementary Record 



WILLIAM C. ATWATER. 

After graduation from Amherst in 1884, he was in 
business in New York, until July, 1887. From July, 
1887, to October, 1889, he was New England agent for 
Haddock, Shonk & Co., of New York City, with his 
residence in Boston. On November i, 1889, he organ- 
ized the firm of William C. Atwater & Co., wholesale 
and retail coal dealers. Fall River, Mass. He was 
married May i, 1889, to Ida W. Hay, of Easton, Penn- 
sylvania, and has three children : 

William C, Jr., born July 18, 1890; 

Margaret Hay, born September 11, 1894; 

David Hay, born November 9, 1898. 

Address, Fall River, Mass. 

CONRAD MYRON BARDWELL. 

He has been engaged in teaching since leaving col- 
lege in 1 88 1. From 1890 to August, 1896, was super- 
intendent of schools at Canton, 111. He then became 
Superintendent of schools at Aurora, 111. He was 
married June 17, 1886, to Annie Louise Woleben, and 
has four children : 

Robert Cousins, born January i, 1888; 

Richard Woleben, born May 14, 1889; 



44 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

Anna Laura, born October 4, 1893 ; 
Conrad M., Jr., born November i, 1896. 
Address : 60 South Lincoln Ave,, Aurora, III. 



EVERETT NEXSEN BLANKE. 

He left Amherst at the beginning of the second 
term of Sophomore year. He has been engaged in 
journalism and business, and also with the Brooklyn 
Eagle. At last accounts he vs^as in the employ of T. B. 
Browne's Advertising Agency. 

Address : Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
(From Class Book of 1893). 

THOMAS COCHRAN. 

After leaving Amherst at the close of the Junior 
year, he taught in the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn 
from 1882 to 1 888- He was then for two years in the 
drug business, and from 1890 to 1893, ^'^^ ^ member of 
the firm of Henry & Cochran, druggists. He is now 
teaching in the Polytechnic Institute. He was married 
February 23, 1893, ^^ Emma Belle Hendrickson, of 
Chicago, 111. His wife died August 27, 1896. Cochran 
was married June 29, 1898, to Ethel, daughter of Asaph 
Parmalee Childs, of Bennington, Vermont. 

Address : 171 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 

GEORGE W. FOSTER. 

His present address is unknown. No word has 
been received concerning him. 



CLASS OP" EIGHTY-THREE. 45 

CHARLES EDWIN FRENCH. 

He left Amherst at the close of the Freshman year. 
Since 1887, he has been in the real estate business. He 
was married November 12, 1885, to Mary Nevins, of 
Cleveland, Ohio. 

Address, Mentor, Ohio. 

(From Class Book of 1893). 

FRANK JUDSON GOODWIN 

He entered Union Theological Seminary, and 
graduated from this institution in 1S88. October 10, 
1888, he became pastor of the Glenridge (N. J.) Con- 
gregational Church. He has published "A Harmony of 
the Life of St. Paul," American Tract Society, N. Y. 
He w^as married November it, 1891 to Grace Hayv/ood 
Duflield, of Bloomfield, New Jersey. 

Address : Glenridge, New Jersey. 

EDW^ARD BARTON HERRICK. 

He left Amherst at the close of the Freshman year. 
From 1 88 1 to 1884 he was a student in the medical 
department of the University of the City of New York, 
from which he graduated in March, 1884. January i, 
1893, he began practice in San Francisco, California. 
Ill health compelled him to travel in the South, where 
he now is. He was married November 25, 1883 to 
Emma Church Farwell, of Boston, Mass. 

Address : Lynn, Mass. 

TING LIANG HO. 

No word has been received from him. 



^6 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

FRANK TUCKER HOPKINS. 

He entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 
New York City, in the fall of 1882, and graduated with 
the degree of M. D., in 1885. From 1888 to 1895, he 
practiced at Fishkill-on-the-Hudson. He went abroad 
in 1895, for a year's study at Berlin and Dresden. On 
his return he began to practice in New York city. He is 
assistant surgeon, Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital, and 
holds the same position in the Throat and Ear Depart- 
ment of the Harlem Dispensary. He is unmarried. 

Address: 302 West ii6th Street, New York City. 

GEORGE FRANK JEWETT. 

He left Amherst at the close of Freshman year and 
taught until June, 1884. He then entered Harvard Col- 
lege and graduated in the class of 1886. Since 1891 he 
has been headmaster of the Rayen School, Youngstown, 
Ohio. He was married June 8, 1882, to Abigail B. 
Fay of Freeport, Ohio. He has had three children : 

Eddie, born May 20, 1883 ; died July 3, 1883 ; 

Edith, born May 20, 1883 ; 

Helen, born November 7, 1889. 

Address : Youngstown, Ohio. 

ELIAS BLISS JONES. 

He left Amherst at the close of Freshman year. 
From 1886 to 1893, he was in the State National Bank 
of Boston. He was then for a time general agent of 
the Atlas Guarantee Co. In March, 1894, ^^ entered 
the firm of Williams & Jones, general agents for the 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 



47 



State Mutual Life Assurance Co., of Worcester, Mass. 
He was married January 33, 1887, to Belle, daughter 
of Dr. Julius and Ann E. Blodgett, of Nevvtonville, 
Mass., and has had five children : 

GuRDON Blodgett, born May 10, 1888; 

Alister Ross, born January 9, 1890; 

Alden Bliss, born September 3, 1891 ; 

Pauline Fales, born June 7, 1S93 ; died July 29, 
1896. 

Miriam M., born April 29, 1895. 

Address : 42 Congress Street, Boston, Mass. 

NATHANIEL HARRIS KIRBY. 

After leaving Amherst he studied medicine and re- 
ceived the degree of M. D. In 1888, he began practice 
in Concord, Mass. He was married June 19, 1895. 

Address : Concord, Middlesex County, Mass. 

WILLIAM DWIGHT KIRBY. 

In 1890 he became a book-keeper at Concord, Mass., 
and afterwards at Nichols, N. Y., took a similar posi- 
tion. He was married June 3, 1890, to Eunice Dun- 
ham of Nichols, N. Y., and has one child : 

Barbara, born April 30, 1891. 

Address : Nichols, Tioga County, N. Y. (From 
Class Book for 1893.) 

WILLIAM C. KITCHEN. 

He graduated from Syracuse University in 1882, 
with the degree of A. B. In 1890 and 1891, he was 
instructor in Boston University. Since then he has been 



48 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

professor of Comparative Literature in the University of 
Vermont, where he still remains. He holds the degrees 
of M. A. and Ph. D. from Syracuse University. Pub- 
lications : " History of the English Language." "Mas- 
ter-pieces of English Prose," four volumes, Methodist 
Missionary Press, Tokio. " The Story of Sodom," and 
"Truth as Strange as Fiction." Hunt & Easton, N. Y. 
He was married June 23, 1882, to Fanny Carlotta Fur- 
beck of Collamer, N. Y. He has four children : 

Edith Carlotta, born July 28, 1883 ; 

Esmond Furbeck, born July 29, 1884; 

Howard William, born February 7, 1887 ; 

Bernard Lee, born June 27, 1891. 

Address: Burlington, Vt. (From Class Book of 

1893.) 

HOHANNES KRIKORIAN. 

He graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1883, 
and has taught and preached in Armenia. He has held, 
since 1885, the Goodell Professorship of Philosophy and 
Evidences of Christianity in Central Turkey College, 
Aintab. He also preaches in the Evangelical churches 
of that city. He was an eye witness of the massacre of 
the Armenians by the Turks in November, 1895, and 
was himself attacked, but escaped without injury. He 
published "A Catechism in the Turkish Language," Con- 
stantinople, 1897. In 1898, he came to this country to 
pursue a post graduate course of study in Theology and 
Psychology at Yale University. He was married Sep- 
tember 5, 1888, to Rebecca Aristides Momjiades, and 
has four children : 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 



49 



Ephronia Loucia (girl), born August 23, 1889; 
Terouant Movses (boy), born January 20, 1892 ; 
Vahrau Rodolph (boy), born October 25, 1895 ; 
Byzant Socrates, born March 19, 1898. 
Address: 16 Vernon Street, New Haven, Conn. 
Home Address : Central Turkey College, Aintab, 
Turkey. 

WILLIAM H. LEONARD. 

He graduated from the Law School of Boston Uni- 
versity in June, 1884, with the degree of LL. B. Since 
that time he has practiced law in Boston. He has re- 
sided in Braintree since 1891. He was married May 5, 
1886, to Charlotte A. Richardson, of Taunton, Mass., 
and has had five children : 

Perl Richardson, born April 11, 1887; 

Hartford, born July 23, 1888; 

Curtis Woodbury, born November 22, 1891 ; 

Charlotte A., born ; died December 13, 

1896. 

Dorothy, born January 22, 1896. 

Address : 25 Equitable Building, Boston, Mass. 

SARKIS LEVONIAN. 

He graduated from Yale Sheffield School in 1883, 
with the degree of Ph. B. He returned to Turkey and 
became professor of Mathematics and Natural Sciences 
in Central Turkey College, Aintab, a position which he 
still holds. From April, 1897, to February, 1898, he 
studied Zoology in the University of Basel, Switzerland. 
He is active in Sunday school work. He has published 



50 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

text books in Arithmetic and Trigonometry for the use 
of the students in the college. Last year he published 
a Life of Christ for use in preparatory schools. He was 
married August 20, 1S84, to Johanna Wilhelmina Ro- 
salia Manissadjian of Amasia, Turkey, and has three 
children : 

Julia Catherine, born July 13, 1885 ; 

Mari Hargoohi, born August 20, 1888; 

Bysant Asadoor, born December 13, 1890. 

Address : Central Turkey College, Aintab, Turkey 
in Asia. 

FREDERICK BRAINERD MITCHELL. 

In 1885, he graduated from Yale Law School. He 
was principal of the high school at Thomaston, Conn., 
for four years. Since 1889, he has lived in New Britain, 
Conn. He was engaged in insurance for two years, and 
in law practice for one year. He was then agent of the 
Hare Railroad Signal. He was married December 25, 
18S5, to Harriet Allyn Houston, of Thompsonville, 
Conn., and has one child : 

John Houston, born August 29, 1890. 

Address: Hillside Place, New Britain, Conn. 
(From Class Book of 1893.) 

HARRY ADAMS NORTON, 

After leaving Amherst he was from 1880-81, in 
New York City; 1882-87, on Cape Cod; 1888-90, at 
Martha's Vineyard. He worked in telegraphy. En 1891, 
he began a course of study at Colgate University, with 
a view of entering the ministry. He was married June 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 



51 



15, 1 88 1, to Millie Norris Bacon, of Worcester, Mass., 
and has had four children : 

Richard Allen, born October 3, 1882 ; 

Henry Edward Adams, born September 28, 1884 ; 

James Arthur, born July 27, 1886; 

Edward B., born August 8, 1887; died August 9, 
1888. 

Address: P. O. Box 814, Hamilton, Madison Co., 
N. Y., or Edgartovvn, Mass. (From Class Book of 

18930 

FRANK HOWARD OLIVER. 

He left Amherst at the close of Freshman year. 
Since March i, 1887, he has followed the calling of 
stenographer with a number of different firms. He is 
now with C. H. Graves & Sons, 35 Hawkins Street, 
Boston, and is also stenographic reporter for the Everett 
Free Press. He was married March 9, 1887, to Anna 
Elizabeth Brown, of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, and has 
had three children : 

Robert Nelson, born February 7, 1888; 

Florence May, born April 8, 1889 ; died August 
10, 1889 ; 

Francis Batchelder, born January 6, 1896. 

Address : 35 Hawkins Street, Boston, Mass. (office) 
or 17 Rock Valley Avenue, Everett, Mass. 

EDWARD STEVENS ORR. 

He left Amherst at the close of Freshman year. 
In 1885, he became a member of the Wing Flour Mill 
Co., of Charleston, 111., a position which he still holds. 



52 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

He is prominent in business circles at St. Louis. Since 
1 89 1, he has been a director of the Third National Bank, 
and since December, 1893, he has been president of the 
Orr & Lindsey Shoe Co. In May, 1896, he became 
general agent for the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern 
Railway. He was married June 4, 1889, to Mary 
Agnes Orr, of St. Louis, Mo., and has one child : 

Edward Burr, born May 19, 1894. 

Address: 616 North 8th Street (office), or 3,223 
Lafayette Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. (residence.) 

ALBERT R. PALMER. 

He left college at the close of the Sophomore year. 
He entered business with his father. He sold out his 
interest in the business at Amherst in October, 1885, and 
in December, entered the employ of Marshall Field & 
Co., Chicago, 111. He is now assistant manager in the 
carpet department of that firm. He is unmarried. 

Address: Care Marshall Field & Co., State and 
Washington Streets, Chicago, 111. 

FRANCIS W. PERRY. 

No word has been heard from him, and his resi- 
dence is not known. 

CLAYTON D. SMITH. 

He left Amherst in 1882. He was admitted to the 
bar in 1884, ^^^ since then has practiced law in Chester, 
Mass. He was married October 10, 1888, to Edith M. 
Rude, of Huntington, Mass., and has one child : 

Helen E., born March 31, 1892. 

Address : Chester, Mass. 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 



53 



LEVI SMITH, Jr. 

Since iSSi, he has been engaged in silver mining 
in Nevada. No w^ord has been received from him since 
1886. 

Address : Belleville, Esmeralda County, Nevada. 
(From Class Book of 1893.) 

JOHN BALDWIN WALKER. 

He entered Harvard after leaving Amherst, and 
graduated in 1884. In June, 1887, he received the de- 
gree of M. D. from the Harvard Medical School. Since 

1892, he has practiced in New^ York City. He is sur- 
geon in several hospitals, and instructor in surgery in 
the College of Physicians and Surgeons. He has w^ritten 
several monographs on medical subjects. He is un- 
married. 

Address : 33 East 33d Street, New York City. 

JOSEPH WHEELWRIGHT. 

In 1 89 1, he began a tw^o years' course of study in 
Andover Theological Seminary. He supplied the Con- 
gregational Church at Rochester, Mass., from October, 

1893, ^^ December, 1895 ; that at Danvers, Mass., from 
December, 1895, to September, 1896. He was acting 
pastor of the church at South Byfield, Mass., from Sep- 
tember, 1896, to June. 1897. August 25, 1897, he was 
ordained and installed pastor of the Congregational 
Church at Hebron, New Hampshire. He was married 
January 22, 1884, to Alice R. Upton, of Salem, Mass., 
and has one child : 



54 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

Grace Adams, born April 3, 1885. 
Address : Hebron, New Hampshire. 

GURDON WALTER WILLIAMS. 

He left Amherst in the spring of 1881 . In January, 
1885, he was admitted to the bar. He then formed a 
partnership with his brother under the firm name of N. 
S. & G. W. Williams. 

Address : 81 Diamond Street, Pittsburg, Allegheny 
County, Pa. (From Class Book of 1893.) 



%n iWemormm 



GRADUATES. 

George P. Ellison, born April 6, 1S59, at East Creek, 

Herkimer County, N. Y. ; died May 7, 1888, at 

Utica, N. Y. 
John Mackie Johnson, born December 6, 1859, at 

Norwich, Conn. ; died October 24, 1898, at Nor- 
wich, Conn. 
Marcus Marvin Mason, born October 7, 1861, at 

Winchendon, Mass. ; died July 22, 1892, at Niagara 

Falls, N. Y. 
Scott Smith Silliman, born January 15, 1855, at 

Stamford, N. Y. ; died May 27, 1884, at Kingston, 

N. Y. 
Henry Dows Stebbins, born September 10, i860, 

at Cazenovia, N. Y. ; died April 23, 1899, at 

Cornwall-on-Hudson, N. Y. 

NON GRADUATES. 

James White Allen, born October i, i860, at Wor- 
cester, Mass. ; died October 26, 1897, at Worcester, 
Mass. 

Walter Pierce Hendrickson, born October 7, 1861, 
at New Bedford. Mass. ; died November 13, 1892, 
at Pasadena, Cal. 

Hugh McKee Jones, died October 2, 1 881, at Har- 
rodsburg, Kentucky. 

Harry Irving Reed, born June 20, i860, at East 
Weymouth, Mass. ; died November 29, 1883, at 
East Weymouth, Mass. 



©iituary Motkt^ 



JOHN MACKIE JOHNSON. 

The son of Frank and Mary R. Johnson, was born 
in Norwich, Connecticut, December 6, 1B59. His 
family had been long prominent in public affairs. Its 
founder in the United States was Captain Edward 
Johnson, born in Canterbury, England in 1599, and who 
came to this country with Governor Winthrop of 
Massachusetts. John M. Johnson attended the public 
schools of Norwich and prepared for college at the Free 
Academy in that city. From this school he graduated in 
1879. Among his classmates were Professor E. G. 
Bourne, of Yale, D. B. Tucker, of New Haven and 
Seth Sprague, of Boston. 

After his graduation from Amherst he engaged in 
business with his father. On the death of his father in 
the winter of 1887-88, large responsibilities were placed 
upon him. 

He was secretary of the William W. Backus Hos- 
pital ; treasurer, secretary and trustee of the Norwich 
Free Academy ; an incorporator of the Norwich Club ; 
President of the Uncas National Bank ; Director in the 
Thames National Bank, Norwich Savings Society, 
Norwich Water Power Company, Aspinook Company 
of Jewett City, and the Eliza Huntington Memorial 
Home. In March, 1887, he became a member of Park 
Congregational Church, in whose welfare he took an 
active interest. 

He was given the degree of A.B. by Amherst in 
1893. He visited Europe three times — on the last occa- 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 



57 



sion, accompanying the party taken by William A. 
Slater on his yacht Eleanor. Johnson also enjoyed 
trips into the wilds of Canada. Last winter he visited 
the West Indies with a Norwich party. His health 
had been poor for some time, and treatment in different 
cities failed to give relief. At the time of the class 
reunion, illness made it impossible for him to attend. 
Monday, October 17, he submitted to a surgical opera- 
tion for a stomach trouble. He improved for a time, 
but a relapse set in, and he passed away early in the 
morning of Monday, October 24, 1898. 

The resolutions passed by the various organizations 
with which he was connected speak with one will of his 
business capacity, his uprightness, generosity and the 
innate courtesy which characterized all his words and 
deeds. 

One such tribute deserves a place in this record : 

" His was a simple nature, whose corner stone was 
integrity. 

" He was not merely honest, as a man is called 
honest ; his integrity was of that finer quality, which 
knew no vs^avering from the line, which he believed to 
be right. 

7f7 "if!^ "JlT "7^ 

" Of a cheerful Christian faith, a manly walk and 
conversation, a courtesy never failing, of unjudging 
charity and boundless sympathy, he commended himself 
to the respect and admiration of his fellow citizens and 
to the devoted love of his intimates." 



^8 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

HENRY DOWS STEBBINS, 
The son of Charles and Mary (Dows) Stebbins, was 
born September lo, iS6o, at Cazenovia, N. Y. He was 
fitted for college at the St. John's School, Manlius, 
N. Y., and at Cazenovia Seminary He was for a time, 
after graduation from Amherst, a tutor in the family of 
John M. Parker, of New Orleans, La. In 1884, he made 
an extended tour in the western States. On his return 
to the East, in October, 1885, he began a three years' 
course of study at Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, 
Conn. He was in charge of the parish of St. Paul's, at 
Holland Patent, N. Y. from June, 1888, until May, 
1889. He w^as ordained at St. Paul's Church, Syracuse, 
on May 29, and from that time to his death he was rector 
of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Norwich, N. Y. He 
was married July 8, 1891, to May D., daughter of Cyrus 
B. and Vernette (Maydole) Martin of Norwich, N. Y. 
His children are : Vernette Maydole, born February 23, 
1893; John, born September 7, 1894; Henry Martin, 
born December 12, 1897. 

He had, by earnest work and faithful spirit, won for 
himself a large place in the community where his life 
work was done. He was prominent in social life and 
belonged at the time of his death to a number of frater- 
nal organizations. 

At the time of the preparations for the class reunion, 
he was much concerned about the health of his father 
and was unable to be present. The death of his father 
afflicted him deeply and he was for a time in poor health. 
In December, 1898, he wrs attacked with typhoid fever. 
From this disease, he rallied but slowly, and in March, 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 59 

1899, he went for a stay at Old Point Comfort, Va. On 
his return, he stopped at Cornwall-on-Hudson and while 
visiting at his brother's home he fell sick with pneumonia. 
From this illness, he had not sufficient strength to rally. 

The tributes of regard speak in the highest terms of 
his worth as a man and his faithfulness as a minister. 
A brother pastor thus expresses his esteem : 

"Unselfish ministry was characteristic of his kindly 
heart, and I think none knew him well, but to love him. 
He has been a benediction to me. I am wealthier for 
his friendship. I am poorer at his going. He held a 
remarkably even balance of intellectual, moral and spirit- 
ual qualities. Clear and true in thought, pure and 
clean in life, he was a spiritually minded man, — one of 
God's noblemen. 

"To his family, and church and friends he has left 
the rich legacy of faithfulness." 



6o RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

JAMES WHITE ALLEN. 

The son of Benjamin Dwight and Eliza (White) 
Allen, was born October i, i860 at Worcester, Mass. 
He was educated in the public schools of that city and 
graduated from the high school in 1879. He entered Am- 
herst in September, 1883, and remained for two years. 
From November, 1887 to July, 1893, he was book-keeper 
for the Gazette Publishing Co. of Worcester, Mass. 
He then went to Zanzibar, as clerk for the ivory import- 
ing house of Arnold, Cheney & Co., New York City. 
In the second year of his stay on the island, he became 
agent for the company. He also acted as United States 
consul. At the expiration of his engagement in 1895, 
he was urged by the company to remain in their service, 
but he decided to return to the United States, and came 
to Worcester in October, 1895. On January i, 1897, he 
formed a partnership with Colonel Samuel E. Winslow 
under the firm name of Winslow & Allen. 

He was attacked by pneumonia on Saturday, 
December 18, 1897, and the following Friday, he began 
to fail rapidly. He died on the morning of Sunday, 
December 26, 1897. Allen stood high in business cir- 
cles. Besides his regular duties at Zanzibar, he made a 
study of the native tribes, and rendered valuable assist- 
ance to William Astor Chanlor, of which recognition 
is made in the book, "Through Jungle and Desert." 
He was for a time a member of the Worcester Light 
Infantry and belonged to the Worcester Club, the Qiiin- 
sigamond Boat Club, and the Commonwealth Club. 



The Nursery 



Clinton J, Backus, Jr. 

David Hiram Backus 

Romayne Backus 

Una Backus 

John Bancroft 

Margaret Bancroft 

Richard Bancroft 

Darwin Eugene Bardwell 

Harold E. Bardwell 

Alice Gordon Boyden 

Robert Wetherbee Boyden 

Ruth Byington 
^Theodore Linn Byington 

Katharine Cahoon 

Louise Cahoon 

Solomon Russell Cheslej 
*Israel Folsom Cheslej, Jr. 

Franklin Russell Chesley 

Malcolm Chesley 

Stephen Thurston Claflin 

Edward Cahoon Claflin 

Edward Irving Comins 
^Leonard Clark Comins 

Edith Frances Cotton 

Rachel Etheridge Cotton 
*Dorothy Cushman 

Caroline Cushman 

Harold Pericles Derebey 

Franklin Pease Derebey 



Charles Howard Derebey 
Ruth Elizabeth Dyer 
Samuel Ballantine Fairbank 
Allan Melvin Fairbank 
Ruth Elizabeth Fairbank 
Walter Donald Field 
Ruth Field 
Adela Frances Fitts 
Margaret Fowler 
Helen FoAvler 
Katherine Fowler 
Olive Louise French 

[child of E. W. F.] 
George Marshall French 

[child of E W. F.] 
Jonathan Parsons Greenleaf 
Annie Elizabeth Greenleaf 
Charles Scott Greenleaf 
Ramond Noyes Hamilton 
Kenneth Charles Hamilton 
*Helen Winslow Hatch 
Louise Brooks Holcoinbe 
Florence Preston Houghton 
Helene Seymour Houghton 
Henry Seymour Houghton 
Elizabeth Lincoln Hyde 
Rachel Hubbard Kendall 
Elizabeth Ramsdell Kingman 
Malcolm Fizer McFarland 



63 



RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 



Mervyn Mason Manning 
Edward Henry Marsh 
Marion Penelope Marsh 
Josephine Olive Morse 
Carl Gantley Morse 
Henry Clark Nash, 3d. 

^Raymond Owen Nash 
Willard Owen Nash 
Clifford Roberts Nash 

[children of H. C.N. Jr.] 
Florence Cozad Newell 
Justus Wellington Newell 
Harriet Newell 
Horatio Whitman Newell 
Alan Gardner Orr 
Helen Theresa Orr 

*Philip Gardner Orr 

[children of W. O., Jr.] 
Paul Owen 
Esther Parsons 
Charles Edward Parsons 
Elizabeth IngersoU Parsons 

^Josephine Parsons 
Edward Smith Parsons, Jr. 
Augusta Patton 
Catharine Patton 
Grace Lavina Pennock 
Helen L. Pennock 
Louise Ellsworth Rounds 
Charles Knapp Rounds 
Julia Margaret Rounds 
Charles Belcher Rugg 
Arthur Prentice Rugg, Jr. 
Esther Cynthia Rugg 

[children of A. P. R.] 
Gertrude Rogers Rugg 
Charles Parks Rugg 

[children of G. R.] 



Albert Goodnough Simonds 
William Adams Simonds 
Alice Frances Simonds 
Elizabeth Sarah Simonds 
Esther Simonds 
*EtheIwyn C. Sprout 
Vernette Maydole Stebbins 
John Stebbins 
Henry Martin Stebbins 
Kimberley Stuart 
Miner Worthington Tuttle 

[child of C. A. T.] 
Aurelia Walker 

[child of W. W.] 
Frank Dale Warren, Jr. 
Ruth Emery Washburn 
Almy D wight Washburn 
Ralph Seelye Washburn 
Lawence Gould Washburn 
Walter Bailey Chaffin 

Washburn 
Rachel Gray Whitcomb 
John Leonard Whitcomb 
Ludella Miriam Whittlesey 
Ralph Edward Wliittlesey 
Roland Denning Whittlesey 



William C. Atwater, Jr. 
Margaret Hay Atwater 
David Hay Atwater 
Robert Cousins Bardwell 
Richard Woleben Bardwell 
Anna Laura Bardwell 
Conrad M. Bardwell Jr. 

[children of C. M. B.] 
* Edward Jewett 
Edith Jewett 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 



63 



Helen Jewett 
Gurdon Blodgett Jones 
Alister Ross Jones 
Alden Bliss Jones 
*Pauline Fales Jones 
Miriam M. Jones 
Barbara Kirby 

[child of W. D. K.] 
Edith Carlotta Kitchin 
Esmond Furbeck Kitchin 
Howard William Kitchin 
Bernard Lee Kitchin 
Ephronia Loucia Kirkorian 
Terouant Movses Krikorian 
Vahran Rodolph Krikorian 
Bjsant Socrates Krikorian 
Perl Richardson Leonard 
Hartford Leonard 
Curtis Woodbury Leonard 



*Charlotte A. Leonard 

Dorothy Leonard 

Julia Catherine Levonian 

Mari Hargoohi Levonian 

Bryant Asadoor Levonian 

John Houston Mitchell 

Richard Allen Norton 

Henry Edward Adams Norton 

James Arthur Norton 
*Edward B. Norton 

Robert Nelson Oliver 
*Florence May Oliver 

Francis Batchelder Oliver 

Edward Burr Orr 

[child of E. S. O.] 

Helen E. Smith 

[child of C D. S.] 

Grace Adams Wheelwriaht 



*Deceased. 



THE REUNION 

1898 



The Reunion 

f tine 28, 1898 



In accordance with the custom established in 1893, 
the Headquarters, Rooms i and 3, North College, were 
decorated with various trophies and tokens of the history 
and progress of the class. College days were recalled 
by a fragment of the tug-of-war rope and by one of the 
capes worn by the Garfield and Arthur battalion. Then, 
there were various photographs, which showed that the 
circle of homes was growing wider, and that the second 
edition of '83 was destined to be larger than the first. 

In response to the call of the Secretary, E. S. Par- 
sons, there came together a goodly representation. The 
register showed the following names : Bancroft, D. L. 
Bardwell, Byington, Cotton, Cushman, Dyer, Fitts, 
Griffin, Guernsey, Hamlin, Hatch, Kingman, McFar- 
land, Manning, Marsh, H. C. Nash, Jr., W. K. Nash, 
Nichols, Noyes, E. S. Orr, W. Orr, Jr., Parsons, Pat- 
ton, Pennock, Rhees, Saben, J. B. Walker, W. Walker, 
Whitaker, Wheelwright. Of those in attendance, 
twenty-three were at the reunion of 1893. Bancroft 
was for the first time, since graduation, present at a 
class gathering. While there was none from across 
the ocean, the United States was represented from Port- 
land, Maine, (Hatch) to Portland, Oregon, (Nichols), 
and the Mississippi Valley sent a quartette of the old 
guard, E. S. Orr, Kingman, McFarland and Patton. 



68 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

Monday, June 27, was the date of the first arrival, 
and from then until late Tuesday evening, the hours 
w^ere fully occupied in the exchange of experiences, and 
the revisiting of old scenes. Professor and Mrs. Todd 
gave a delightful reception to the class on Tuesday after- 
noon. Professor Garman had on view the apparatus in 
his psychological laboratory, purchased by the class 
decennial fund. 

At seven o'clock, on Tuesday evening, the class 
gathered for the banquet, in Room 2, in Walker Hall, 
where many a brilliant recitation in geometry was made 
in undergraduate days. 

Immediately after the banquet, the class was called 
to order by McFarland, in the absence of President Boy- 
den. The report of the committee on the class fund 
was presented by Noyes, and the report was accepted 
and the committee discharged. The report of the Treas- 
urer was read and accepted. The chair appointed 
Saben, Hatch and William Orr, Jr., a committee on 
nomination for class officers. They reported for Presi- 
dent, McFarland ; for Secretary and Treasurer, Parsons. 
The report was accepted and adopted. William Orr, 
Jr., was elected Assistant Secretary and Treasurer. 
Later Parsons declined to serve, and William Orr, Jr., 
was chosen Secretary and Treasurer. It was voted that 
the chair appoint an Executive Committee of three to 
take charge of the next reunion. The Chairman ap- 
pointed Kingman, Hamlin and Saben. It was voted 
that the committee secure a house for the next reunion, 
where members of the class may room and board. 
Rhees was elected to represent the class at the alumni 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 69 

dinner. It having been noticed that on the program of 
the Senior Dramatics, due credit had not been given 
to the class of '83 for inaugurating the custom of Senior 
Dramatics in the college, the secretary w^as instructed 
to bring the matter before the class of 1899 and secure 
the correction of the error. The secretary was also 
instructed to send the thanks of the class to Professor 
and Mrs. Todd for their courtesy in extending hospitali- 
ties to the class. The secretary's report was read. It 
was a gathering of facts preliminary to the issue of the 
Class Book. Many letters and telegrams were read from 
absent members. The secretary was instructed to send 
telegrams of sympathy to Johnson and Bridgman, who 
are ill. A communication received from the class of 
'80, suggesting the raising of a Fellowship Fund of 
$30,000 by the classes '8o-'89, was referred to the execu- 
tive committee with instructions to report at the next 
reunion. This closed the business meeting and the 
president yielded the chair to Cushman, who acted as 
toast-master for the remainder of the evening. 

Speeches were made by Whitaker, Noyes, Hamlin, 
Byington, Williston, Walker, E. S. Orr and others, in 
which was expressed the satisfaction felt by all in the re- 
union. After some college songs, the meeting adjourned. 

On Wednesday a photograph of the class group 
was taken. A copy of this forms the frontispiece of 
this book. For this memento of the reunion the class is 
indebted to Patton. 

A goodly number of '83 were at the Alumni dinner 
and they showed the younger classes that, in shouting 
and enthusiasm, their strength was not abated. 



Report of 
Committee on Decennial Fund 



At the decennial reunion, the class appointed a com- 
mittee to raise a fund which should constitute a memorial 
of the loyalty of the class to the college. This com- 
mittee was empowered to solicit subscriptions and to 
submit plans for the disposal of the fund. A. D. Noyes, 
Williston Walker and William Orr, Jr. were appointed 
as committee. 

Three propositions were submitted to the class. 
The majority of the class were in favor of devoting the 
fund to the purchase of apparatus in experimental psy- 
chology for the use of Professor Charles E. Garman. 

As the result of the canvas for funds there was 
collected, vs^ith all expenses paid, a total sum of $367.75. 
The following letter from Professor Garman will be read 
with interest by each member of the class. 



CLASS OF EIGHTY-THREE. 7 1 

Amherst, Mass., March i8, 1899. 

My dear Mr. Orr : 

I would like to take advantage of this opportunity 
to express to the class my deep appreciation of their 
great kindness to me and to the students who come under 
my instruction. This money enabled me to make a good 
beginning in fitting up a psychological laboratory. I had 
the kymograph and the Hipp's chonoscope marked by the 
engraver as presented to the department by the class of 
'83, and I have in the section of the case where the 
apparatus is kept, a large placard stating that the instru- 
ments in this section were the gift of your class. Your 
generous donation is thus a double contribution, it fur- 
nishes instruments of great value that we use more 
frequently than any others in our work, and it presents 
to the successive classes as they come a testimonial of 
the sympathy of alumni who have been out of college 
so long that they see their work in perspective and as 
related to their occupations. You cannot imagine how 
much undergraduates are influenced by the alumni, and 
I prize more than I know how to express these evidences 
that a class among the very first to come under my 
instruction as a teacher, in this institution, has for so 
long a period retained their interest in the work of this 
department, so vividly as to enter into partnership with 
me, and establish a laboratory, in order that we might 
meet the increasing demands of the age. I beg you to 
express to your class my deepest gratitude and apprecia- 
tion in this kindness. 



^2 RECORD OF FIFTEEN YEARS. 

It gave me great pleasure to meet so many of your 
classmates a year ago at your Fifteenth Reunion. You 
cannot realize how much a teacher is effected by the 
changes in the student body. Just as his men are begin- 
ning to be fully in sympathy with his work, and are 
ready for that progress that every teacher is so anxious 
to see in his pupils, they are gone, and he has to begin 
with an entirely new class, to whom the path is no easier 
for all the work that has been done in preceding years. 
The teacher soweth, others reap the harvests, and w^ere 
it not given him to come in touch w^ith the post graduate 
life and sympathy of the students, watch their unfolding, 
and take pride in their noble manhood and splendid 
achievements, his faith would sometimes falter and his 
inspiration fail. I feel most deeply my indebtedness to 
your class ; they have rendered us great assistance by 
their gifts, and they have inspired us by their support, 
and through you I express to them my heartiest thanks, 
and my deepest sense of obligation and gratitude. 

To you personally and to the other members of the 
committee who have taken such an interest in this matter 
I am under the deepest obligations. 

Most sincerely yours, 

C. E. Garman. 



Treasurer's Report 



1893=1898 



RECEIPTS 



Subscriptions, 1893, I'eceived after last report $18 35 
Subscriptions, 1898 ..... 142 00 
Thirty tickets. Reunion Banquet 1898, ^ $2.50 75 00 



DISBURSEMENTS 

Deficit, 1893 

Printing 

Postage 

Stationery 

Expressage 

Telegrams 

Travelling 

Clerical Service 

Expenses, Reunion Headquarters, 1898 

Reunion Banquet, 1898 (deficit $12.50) 



Balance on hand July 19, 1898 



$235 35 



$26 63 


10 25 


9 06 


I 10 


I 55 


50 


4 30 


2 35 


4 13 


87 50 


$147 37 


$87 98 



Edw^ard S. Parsons, Treasiirer 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
1898-1899 



RECEIPTS 

Balance from E. S. Parsons $87.98 

Subscriptions 2.00 

"$89^ 

DISBURSEMENTS 

Printing Class Book, 150 copies $127.75 

Photographs 150 6.25 

Postage 4-75 

Stationery ^'55 

Clerical Assistance 2.35 

$142.65 

DEFICIT . . . $52-^7 



A contribution of one dollar, or more if agreeable, is re- 
quested from each member of the class to cancel the 
deficit and furnish a fund for the preliminary work on 
the reunion of 1903. 

William Orr, Jr., Secretary 

30 Firglade Avenue 
June 17, 1899 Springfield, Mass. 



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